Pljevlja Coal Power Plant Montenegro

Pljevlja Coal Power Plant Montenegro is a 225 MW coal power station in Pljevlja, Montenegro. It is operated by Elektroprivreda Crne Gore AD [100%]. Based on reported annual generation of 1,265 GWh, it can supply roughly 361k homes. It ranks #6 of 10 Montenegro power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1982, it is around 44 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 24.4% of Montenegro's electricity; the national grid averages 264 gCO₂/kWh (75.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0042685.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103049; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Load factor

64%, from 1,265 GWh of reported generation

Share of Montenegro coal capacity

13.8% of 1,635 MW across 4 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Reported generation trend

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Elektroprivreda Crne Gore AD [100%].

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 57% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 82/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #3 largest coal power plant of 4 in Montenegro by capacity.

Montenegro has 4 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 1,635 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Pljevlja gas power station · Gas · 200 MW · Pljevlja
• Maoce Power Station · Coal · 500 MW · Pljevlja
• Piva (Mratinje) Hydroelectric Power Plant Montenegro · Hydro · 342 MW · Opstina Pluzine
• Visegrad Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 315 MW · Republika Srpska
• Štavalj Power Station · Coal · 300 MW · Serbia
• Miljevina power station · Coal · 220 MW · Foča

Location

Coordinates 43.3342, 19.3271 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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